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|image=[[File:Charles Martinet portrait.jpg|245px]]<br>Portrait of Martinet, used for the announcement of his cameo appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
|born=September 17, 1955
|full_name=Charles Andre Martinet
|role=Current voice actor for [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], [[Waluigi]], [[Baby Mario]], [[Baby Luigi]], [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]], and [[Toadsworth]]
|born=September 17, 1955 (age {{age|September 17, 1955}})
|role=Voice actor for several characters in the franchise, including [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], [[Waluigi]], etc. (1991–2023)<br>Voice actor for [[Papa Mario|Mario and Luigi's father]] and [[Giuseppe]] in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''<br>[[Mario Ambassador]] (2023–present)
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{{Quote|Ah, that Charles Martinet. Nice Italian boy.|Mario|Mario vs. Donkey Kong}}
{{quote|Ah, that Charles Martinet. Nice Italian boy.|Mario|Mario vs. Donkey Kong}}
'''{{wp|Charles Martinet}}''' (last name pronounced ''mar-tin-AY'', born September 17, 1955, in {{wp|San Jose, California|San Jose}}, {{wp|California}}) is an American actor and voice actor best known for his voices in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. He voiced several characters in the franchise, including [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], [[Waluigi]], [[Baby Mario]], [[Baby Luigi]], and some of the [[List of bosses|bosses]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''.<ref name="MarAdv">[https://web.archive.org/web/20041214201633/http://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/august02/mario/index2.shtml "Interview with the Voice of Mario" quote from GameSpy: "And I played Wart, Clawgrip, Triclyde, Mouser, and of course Mario, in Super Mario Advance."]</ref> In addition to English, Martinet speaks fluent French and Spanish, as well as some Italian.<ref>Daniel K. (September 23, 2012). [https://youtu.be/RDvG-S1yoCY?t=17 Intervista a Charles Martinet (voce di Super Mario Bros.)]. ''YouTube''.</ref>


'''Charles Martinet''' (last name pronounced ''mar-tin-AY''), born September 17, 1955 in San Jose, California, [[United States]], is the prominent voice actor of the [[Mario (series)|Mario]] games. He voices several major characters, including [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], [[Waluigi]], [[Baby Mario]], [[Baby Luigi]], [[Baby Wario]], [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]], [[Toadsworth]], and many other characters. He also voiced [[Petey Piranha]] before the role was taken up by [[Takashi Nagasako]] as of ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''. Martinet portrayed the male bosses in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as well. Martinet plays the vast majority of the male characters in the ''Mario'' series. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553409/ The Internet Movie Database] attributes over seventy works to Martinet in total. Martinet speaks fluent French, English and Spanish, but, ironically, only a little Italian. His first voice over work at Nintendo was voicing the announcers, boxers and the referee in ''[[wikipedia:Super Punch-Out!!|Super Punch-Out!!]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]].
At the time of his audition in 1990, Martinet had never heard of Mario or [[Nintendo]].<ref>Nintendo UK (September 14, 2015). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2JafswsbUY Nintendo UK Live #6 - Charles Martinet: Super Mario Maker launch day special (Wii U)]. ''YouTube''.</ref> Martinet originally was not invited to audition for the role of Mario; according to him, he crashed the auditions and was asked to do an Italian accent. His recordings left so much of an impression that they were the only ones sent to Nintendo.<ref>GamerSpawn (September 10, 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110913104008/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Eudb_Tqg8 The Voice of Mario - Charles Martinet Interview]. ''YouTube''. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011, 10:40:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.</ref> As a former Shakespearean actor, Martinet has stated that Mario's voice was based on his voice for Gremio, a character from ''{{wp|The Taming of the Shrew}}''.<ref name=GoodDeal>http://www.gooddealgames.com/interviews/int_Charles_Martinet.html</ref> Some sources have alternatively, if erroneously, cited Petruchio (actually played by John Callahan) from the same play as the inspiration.<ref>[https://www.shakespeareflix.net/2015/03/kiss-me-princess-peach-super-marios.html KISS ME, PRINCESS PEACH: ACTOR BASED SUPER MARIO'S VOICE ON HIS PERFORMANCE AS PETRUCHIO IN THE TAMING OF THE SHREW]</ref>


Martinet originally wasn't invited to audition for the role of Mario. He crashed the auditions, and was asked to do an Italian accent. His recordings left so much of an impression that they were the only one sent to Nintendo.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Eudb_Tqg8</ref> A former Shakespearean actor, Martinet has stated that Mario's voice was based on his voice for Gremio, a character from ''[[Wikipedia:The Taming of the Shrew|The Taming of the Shrew]]''.<ref>http://www.gooddealgames.com/interviews/int_Charles_Martinet.html</ref>
Martinet was flown to SimGraphics in South Pasadena the next day<ref>Geek To Me Radio (July 18, 2022). [https://youtu.be/TvNfIj8xPXE?t=1867 314-Nolan North, Charles Martinet, and Keith Coogan]. ''YouTube''.</ref> to be fitted for the [[Mario in Real Time]] system, wherein he had motion sensors attached to his face, which transposed his facial movements to a computer-generated Mario head on a screen. Martinet watched people passing by the screen through a hidden camera and talked to them as Mario; this was used rather often by Nintendo for promotional events.<ref>https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet/status/1493266234644779012?s=09</ref> He would not start voicing Mario in games until the 1994 CD release of ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'' (featuring an altered form of Mario in Real Time).


Martinet first officially voiced Mario with ''[[Mario in Real Time]]'' in 1994, when he had motion sensors hooked to his face, which transposed his facial movements to a computer-generated Mario head on a screen. Martinet watched people passing by the screen through a surveillance camera and talked to them as Mario. This is used rather often by Nintendo when attending trade shows. An altered form of Mario in Real Time appeared in 1995's ''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]'', the first video game to have Mario portrayed by him.
Martinet's voice for Mario would be solidified as standard by its usage in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. The non-Japanese version of ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' would be the first game to feature him as the voice actor for Luigi and Wario (with him having developed the former's voice when trying to minimize his mouth movements while speaking in Mario in Real Time),<ref>[https://youtu.be/UReCxGzQRvw?si=2k6twLDMG8lWMlqd]</ref> and he went on to also voice Waluigi upon the character's introduction in ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''. Martinet has been recognized by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as providing the "most video game voiceover performances as the same character" (at least 100 as Mario, as of the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'').<ref>[https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet/status/1073644309755412480/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1073644309755412480&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurogamer.net%2Farticles%2F2018-12-15-charles-martinet-awarded-guinness-world-record-for-100-mario-video-game-voiceovers ''Twitter'' post by Charles Martinet]</ref>


==Voice acting roles==
In 2021, when asked if he wanted to voice Mario in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Martinet stated, "[I]t sounds like a marvelous thing, it sounds like great fun and if they invite me to play, I'll go in and play with great joy and happiness,"<ref>[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/charles_martinet_would_love_to_voice_mario_in_upcoming_illumination_movie Nintendo Life: Charles Martinet Would Love To Voice Mario In Upcoming Illumination Movie]</ref> similar to his statements from 2003 of wanting an "animated movie" and that he "would love to do every voice for Nintendo [he] possibly could."<ref>[https://www.nsidr.com/archive/e3-interview-charles-martinet/ nsidr: E3 Interview: Charles Martinet] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200507024715/https://www.nsidr.com/archive/e3-interview-charles-martinet/ (archive)]</ref> Martinet would ultimately not go on to voice Mario and Luigi in the movie (with the characters instead being voiced by [[Chris Pratt]] and [[Charlie Day]], respectively, in English), but he provided the voices of [[Papa Mario|their father]] and [[Giuseppe]] in several languages.
*''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'' as [[Mario]]
 
*''[[Mario in Real Time]]'' as Mario / [[Luigi]] / [[Wario]] / [[Donkey Kong]] / [[Mama Mario]] / [[Papa]]
On August 21, 2023, Nintendo announced that Martinet had stepped down from voicing characters in the ''Super Mario'' franchise, and he would be taking on the role of [[Mario Ambassador]],<ref>https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1693624002982314108</ref> which entails interacting with fans, signing autographs, and performing his ''Super Mario'' voices at events. The final ''Super Mario'' game released prior to this that features his voice was ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'' (although the [[Summer Tour (2023)|2023 Summer Tour]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', which began the day after the announcement of Martinet's retirement, introduced a variant of Mario with a new voice line by him), while the final game in the franchise in which he recorded new voice lines was ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' He was succeeded by [[Kevin Afghani]], who has voiced Mario and Luigi starting with ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', Wario starting with ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]''<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-confirms-charles-martinet-is-not-involved-in-super-mario-bros-wonder</ref>, and Waluigi starting with ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''.<ref>https://twitter.com/KevinAfghani/status/1847099431646384229</ref> However, Martinet's voice clips are still used in some newer games and [[reissue]]s of games that featured them originally,<ref name=LM2>gonintendo (August 22, 2023). [https://gonintendo.com/contents/24760-switch-release-of-luigi-s-mansion-dark-moon-to-retain-charles-martinet-s-work Switch release of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon to retain Charles Martinet's work] ''gonintendo''. Retrieved August 27, 2023.</ref> as well as for Mario in Real Time at [[Nintendo New York]],<ref>Journey USA (February 25, 2024). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pTk3ulWTdYA&t=484s Unbelievable Hidden Gems at Nintendo Store NYC | 4K HDR]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 19, 2024.</ref> [[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']], and in attractions, costume meet-and-greets, and trailers for [[Super Nintendo World]].<ref>Nintenduo World (December 22, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB4hVRuZ--w DONKEY KONG COUNTRY - OFFICIAL NEW TRAILER of Super Nintendo World (2024)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 18, 2024.</ref>
*''[[Mario's FUNdamentals|Mario's Game Gallery]]'' as Mario
 
*''[[Super Mario 64]]'' as Mario
==Portrayals==
*''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' as Mario / Donkey Kong / Luigi (English) / Wario (English) / [[Thwomp]]s / System Voice
*[[Mario in Real Time]] &ndash; [[Mario]] / [[Mario's face]] / [[Luigi]] / [[Wario]] / [[Donkey Kong]] / [[Mama Mario]] / [[Papa Mario]] / Himself
*''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]'' as Mario
*''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mario's face
*''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]'' as Mario  
*''[[Mario's FUNdamentals|Mario's Game Gallery]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Mario Party]]'' as Mario / Donkey Kong
*''[[Super Mario 64]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mario's face
*''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' as Mario / Luigi / [[Baby Mario]] / Wario / Donkey Kong / [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]]
*''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mario's face
*''[[Mario Party 2]]'' as Mario / Donkey Kong
*''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi (English) / Wario (English) / System voice (English)
*''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Donkey Kong / [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] / Wario / [[Waluigi]]
*''[[Mario Kart 64 (slot machine)|Mario Kart 64]]'' (slot machine) &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario
*''[[Super Mario 128]]'' as Mario
*''[[Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario
*''[[Mario Party 3]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Donkey Kong / Waluigi
*''[[Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium]]'' &ndash; Mario (in-game only)
*''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as Mario / Luigi / [[Clawgrip]] / [[Tryclyde]] / [[Mouser]] / [[Fryguy (boss)|Fryguy]] / [[Wart]]
*''[[Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Dr. Mario 64]]'' as [[Dr. Mario]] / Wario / Metal Mario / [[Vampire Wario]]
*''[[Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as Mario / Donkey Kong
*''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]'' &ndash; Mario  
*''[[Wario Land 4]]'' as Wario
*''[[Mario Party]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' as Luigi / Mario
*''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Dr. Mario
*''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / [[Baby Mario]] / Wario / [[Metal Mario]]
*''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Party 2]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mario's face
*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' as Mario / [[Toadsworth]] / [[Petey Piranha]] / [[Big Daddy]] / [[Cannon Pianta]] / [[Crate Guy]] / [[Hotel Manager]] / [[Isle Delfino Police]] / [[Pianta Attorney]] / [[Pianta Captain]] / [[Pianta Village Mayor]] / [[Sunglasses Vendor]] 
*''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Wario / [[Waluigi]] / Announcer
*''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' as Baby Mario
*''[[Mario Party 3]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Party 4]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Donkey Kong / Waluigi
*''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / [[Clawgrip]]<ref name="MarAdv"/> / [[Tryclyde]]<ref name="MarAdv"/> / [[Mouser]]<ref name="MarAdv"/> / [[Wart]]<ref name="MarAdv"/>
*''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' as Wario
*''[[Dr. Mario 64]]'' &ndash; [[Dr. Mario]] / Wario / Metal Mario / [[Vampire Wario]]
*''[[Wario World]]'' as Wario
*''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Wario Land 4]]'' &ndash; Wario
*''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[Shadow Mario]] / Petey Piranha
*''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' &ndash; Luigi / Mario
*''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'' as Wario
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Dr. Mario
*''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / [[Baby Luigi]] / Wario / Waluigi / Petey Piranha
*''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Party 5]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Donkey Kong
*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' &ndash; Mario / [[Isle Delfino]] commercial narrator<!--52:00--> / Male [[Pianta]]s<ref>{{file link|Pianta confirmation Martinet.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{file link|Pianta confirmation Martinet Burns.jpg}}</ref> (shared with [[Scott Burns]])
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Waluigi / Wario
*''[[Mario Party 4]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Nintendo World Store]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario
*''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]'' &ndash; Mario / Dr. Mario / Wario / Metal Mario / Vampire Wario
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' as Mario / [[Mini Mario (Mario vs. Donkey Kong)|Mini Mario]]
*''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' &ndash; Wario
*''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' as Mario
*''[[Wario World]]'' &ndash; Wario
*''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'' as Mario
*''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'' as Wario / [[Wario-Man]]
*''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[Shadow Mario]]
*''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Toadsworth / Announcer
*''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'' &ndash; Wario
*''[[Mario Party 6]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Donkey Kong
*''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / [[Baby Luigi]] / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario
*''[[Mario Party 5]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'' as Wario / Wario-Man
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' as Baby Mario / Baby Luigi
*''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Yakuman DS]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Toadsworth
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' &ndash; Mario / [[Mini-Mario|Mini Mario]]
*''[[Face to Mario]]'' as Mario / Wario
*''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' &ndash; Mario / [[Doopliss]] (when impersonating Mario)
*''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Toadsworth
*''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'' &ndash; Wario / [[Wario-Man]]
*''[[SSX on Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Waluigi / Toadsworth / [[Whisker]] / [[Sass]]
*''[[Mario Party 6]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / [[Robo Mario]]
*''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mario's face / Luigi / Wario
*''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'' &ndash; Wario / Wario-Man
*''[[Mario Party 7]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Donkey Kong / Toadsworth
*''[[Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music]]'' &ndash; Luigi
*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' &ndash; Baby Mario
*''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Yakuman DS]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi
*''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario
*''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns and [[Hironori Miyata]])
*''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario (Nintendo opening logo) / Waluigi
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]'' as Mario / Mini Mario / [[Fire Mini Mario]] / [[Gold Mini Mario]]
*''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / [[Robo Mario]]
*''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' as Baby Mario / [[Baby Wario]] / Baby Luigi
*''[[SSX on Tour]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'' as Wario / [[Tiny Wario]]
*''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'' as Wario
*''[[Mario Party 7]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Robo Mario
*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' as Mario / Luigi / [[Mr. L]]
*''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi
*''[[Mario Party 8]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[MC Ballyhoo]] / [[Big Top]] / Male Piantas
*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario
*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mini Mario
*''[[Mario Party DS]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'' &ndash; Wario / [[Tiny Wario]]
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'' &ndash; Wario
*''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Robo Mario
*''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Toadsworth
*''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / [[Mr. L]]
*''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'' as Wario
*''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[WarioWare: Snapped!]]'' as Wario
*''[[Mario Party 8]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[Big Top]] / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]'' as Wario
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!]]'' as Mario / Mini Mario
*''[[Mario Party DS]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Wario-Man / Waluigi
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'' as Wario
*''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns and Hironori Miyata)
*''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'' &ndash; Wario
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem]]'' as Mario / Mini Mario
*''[[WarioWare: Snapped!]]'' &ndash; Wario
*''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]'' &ndash; Wario
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'' &ndash; Wario / Wario-Man
*''[[Fortune Street]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mini Mario
*''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Metal Mario
*''[[Mario Power Tennis#New Play Control! series|New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Party 9]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Metal Mario
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mini Mario
*''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'' as Luigi / Mario
*''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[Game & Wario]]'' as Wario / [[Captain Wario]] / Tiny Wario / Wario-Man
*''[[AR Games]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move]]'' as Mario / Mini Mario / Gold Mini Mario
*''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' as Luigi
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' as Mario / Luigi / [[Dreamy Luigi]] / [[Luiginoid]] / [[Giant Luigi]]
*''[[Fortune Street]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[Fire Mario]] / [[Ice Luigi]] / Baby Mario / Metal Mario / [[Gold Mario]]
*''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Metal Mario
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Party 9]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Metal Mario
*''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' as Baby Mario
*''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'' &ndash; Luigi / Mario
*''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Gold Mario
*''[[Game & Wario]]'' &ndash; Wario / [[Captain Wario (Game & Wario)|Captain Wario]] / MechaWarios / Wario-Man
*''[[Photos with Mario]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Photos with Mario]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Metal Mario / [[Tanooki Mario]] / Male Piantas / [[ Nokis|Male Nokis]]
*''[[Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mini Mario
*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Dr. Mario
*''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' &ndash; Luigi
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars]]'' as Mini Mario / Mario / Gold Mini Mario / [[Mini Luigi]] / [[Cursed Mini Mario]]
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / [[Luiginoid]]s / [[Dreamy Luigi]]
*''[[Mario Party 10]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / [[Fire Mario]] / [[Tanooki Mario]] / [[Ice Mario|Ice Luigi]] / Metal Mario / [[Gold Mario]]
*''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[The Year of Luigi Sound Selection]]'' &ndash; Luigi
*''[[Luigi Mansion Arcade]]'' as Luigi
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Silver Mario / Gold Mario / Builder Mario
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash]]'' as Mario
*''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[Bubble clone|Bubble Mario]] (unused)
*''[[Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' as Mario / Luigi / [[Mario|Paper Mario]]
*''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Gold Mario
*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Metal Mario / Tanooki Mario / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Wario-Man / Waluigi / Dr. Mario
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars]]'' &ndash; Mini Mario / Mario / [[Mini Luigi]]
*''[[Mario Party 10]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Nintendo Sound Selection: Endings & Credits]]'' &ndash; Luigi / Mario
*''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Luigi's Mansion Arcade]]'' &ndash; Luigi
*''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[Cat Mario]] / Gold Mario / [[Costume Mario|Silver Mario]] / [[Builder Mario]] / Mario Trio
*''[[Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Gold Mario
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'' &ndash; Mini Mario / Mini Luigi
*''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' &ndash; Luigi
*''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Super Mario Run]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Metal Mario
*''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Metal Mario / Gold Mario / Tanooki Mario / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' &ndash; Wario (English) / [[Wario Deluxe]] (English)
*''[[Super Mario Party]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|Luigi's Mansion]]'' ([[Nintendo 3DS]]) &ndash; Luigi / Mario / [[Gooigi]]
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Dr. Mario / Wario / Wario-Man / Waluigi
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / all corresponding variants
*''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'' &ndash; Luigi / Mario / Gooigi
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*"[[We Are Born to Play]]" &ndash; Mario
*''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' &ndash; Luigi
*[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']] &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' &ndash; Mario / Mario's face / Luigi / Isle Delfino commercial narrator / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
*''[[Super Mario Sunshine Original Soundtrack]]'' &ndash; Mario
*''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / [[Fury Shadow]]
*[[Super Nintendo World]] (meet-and-greet,<ref>GameXplain (March 18, 2021). [https://youtu.be/oN8-U2Rsb6c We Meet Mario, Luigi, & Princess Peach @ Super Nintendo World...Who TALK!] ''YouTube''. Retrieved August 31, 2021.</ref> [[Super Nintendo World#Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge|Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge]])<ref>Universal Parks News Today (February 4, 2021). [https://youtu.be/DKDpWMrZSJA Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge FULL RIDE WITH AR & QUEUE TOUR - Super Nintendo World]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved August 31, 2021.</ref> &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' &ndash; Wario (English) / [[Wario Bug]] (English) / [[The Supreme Developer]] (English)
*''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
*''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'' &ndash; Mario / Luigi
*''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' &ndash; [[Papa Mario|Mario & Luigi's father]] (English, Catalan, European French, German, Italian, and European Spanish) / [[Giuseppe]] (English, Catalan,<ref>https://www.eldoblatge.com/fitxa/5990</ref> Croatian, Danish, Dutch (including Flemish<ref>[https://www.moviepulp.be/561293/dit-zijn-de-vlaamse-stemmen-van-the-super-mario-movie.html Dit zijn de Vlaamse stemmen van The Super Mario Movie - Moviepulp]</ref>), Finnish,<ref>[https://www.finnkino.fi/event/304124/title/the_super_mario_bros_movie/ The Super Mario Bros. Movie]. ''Finnkino''. Retrieved March 27, 2023.</ref> French (Canadian<ref>[https://doublagequebecois.forum-canada.net/t3349-super-mario-bros-le-film-2023 Super Mario Bros. le film | Forum du Doublage Québécois]</ref> and European), German,<ref>https://www.synchronkartei.de/film/55103</ref> Hindi, Hungarian,<ref>[https://dvdnews.blog.hu/2023/02/19/super_mario_bros_a_film_the_super_mario_bros_movie_a_magyar_hangok Super Mario Bros.: A film (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)]. ''DVDNews''. Retrieved April 12, 2023.</ref> Italian,<ref>[https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film1/supermariobros-ilfilm.htm Italian cast]. ''Il Mondo dei Doppiatori''. Retrieved April 5, 2022.</ref> Japanese,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQSTOCgfS8c&t=390</ref> Lithuanian, Taiwanese Mandarin,<ref>[https://web.facebook.com/100057197120590/posts/709695340947030?_rdc=1&_rdr 偉憶數位錄音 ''We Digital Media Co., Ltd,''<nowiki />'s post on Facebook]</ref> Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian and European<ref>https://www.centralcomics.com/super-mario-bros-o-filme-as-vozes-portuguesas/</ref>), Romanian, Serbian,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EASb0eKcPHk&ab SUPER MARIO BRAĆA FILM (THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE) - SINHRONIZOVANI TREJLER G]</ref> Slovenian, Spanish (European<ref>https://www.eldoblaje.com/datos/FichaPelicula.asp?id=68673</ref> and Latin American), Swedish,<ref>[https://www.dubbningshemsidan.se/credits/super-mario-bros-filmen/ Super Mario Bros. Filmen | Dubbningshemsidan]</ref> Thai,<ref>https://www.facebook.com/DubLoverPierrot/posts/pfbid02CYoptifTxwCzKVgAPqQzKTaLjYKvgVbUn6ou6NYYwDeMfkczABQQmbTb1xpa5vJNl</ref> Turkish, Ukrainian,<ref>https://kinobaza.com.ua/titles/super-mario-movie</ref> and Vietnamese)<ref>Trang này lưu trữ danh sách diễn viên lồng tiếng hoạt hình chiếu rạp (April 5, 2023). [https://www.facebook.com/vietdubcastinglistarchive/posts/pfbid0JUvjXuFmp8W7auoexkdAXZ1BPqttAjGVVJM3RfZaLNWthMQkYdgULAUivxLJPDj4l Phim Anh Em Super Mario (2023) Studio: Đạt Phi Media]. ''Facebook''. Retrieved April 6, 2023.</ref>
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) &ndash; Mario / Mini-Mario
*''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) &ndash; Mario / Luigi / Doopliss (when impersonating Mario)
*''[[Luigi's Mansion 2 HD]]'' &ndash; Luigi / Mario<ref name=LM2/>
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==Sampled voices==
*In ''Super Mario 64'', part of Mario's line ''"Here we go!"'' is referenced and altered for the [[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddies]]' "speaking" sound. Said samples are further modified for [[Monty Mole|Monty Moles]] and [[Goomba|Goombas]] in the ''Mario Party'' series.<ref name="Bobomb">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGc_ZcfONcI "The Bob-omb Buddy Sound is Mario's Voice"] - YouTube video by Crazy900's Vid Vault</ref>
*In ''Mario Kart 64'', a pitched-down version of Wario's laugh is used for the [[Thwomp]]s.
*Charles Martinet provided the "Human, Laugh - Comical Laugh: Male" voice in ''The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library''. A sped-up version of this laugh has been used for [[Boo]]s (as early as ''Super Mario 64''), [[Dry Bones]] (as early as ''Super Mario Galaxy''), [[Six-Face Sal]], and [[Chortlebot]], while a slowed-down version was used for [[Bowser]]'s laugh in ''Super Mario 64'' and ''Super Mario 64 DS''.<ref name="Bowser voice origin">{{file link|Charles Martinet and the Comical Laugh Pt 2.png}}</ref>
 
==Quotes==
{{quote|I want to voice Mario until I drop dead … If someday I think I am no longer capable of doing it, I will tell Nintendo to look into finding someone else.|Charles Martinet|Eurogamer<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/charles-martinet-i-want-to-voice-mario-until-i-drop-dead Charles Martinet: "I want to voice Mario until I drop dead" / "I'm not going anywhere for a long time!"]. ''Fangamer''. Tom Phillips. Published Oct 26, 2021</ref>}}
{{quote|I think everybody in the world has so much impact. But you know we artists here at this great SacAnime, we get to talk experience with our fans' reaction to our work over 25 years, 30 years, 31 years for me, and it's a beautiful thing. I wish every electrician could hear 'thank you very much, that plug in the kitchen every day for 30 years, we had toast, my kids had toast in the morning!' Because it is true, we have so much impact on each other, and I think as a world, people are really good. You see so much news about how terrible things are, but human beings are truly truly good. That's what I wish for the world to understand, the beauty of humankind.|Charles Martinet|Sacramento Special Report<ref name="SacAnime Interview">[https://youtu.be/uWQsqw7JSkc: Charles Martinet Interview: "Mario Never Says No"]. ''Sacramento Special Report''. Published Sep 10, 2022</ref>}}
{{quote|For me, I would never get tired of doing Mario, because if I say 'it's-a me, Super Mario!' What happens is someone smiles, and that makes it like it's the very first time I ever did it.|Charles Martinet|Sacramento Special Report<ref name="SacAnime Interview" />}}
 
==Gallery==
===Promotional images===
<gallery widths="150px"heights="160px">
Martinet Promo 2016.jpg|Poster of Martinet, showing various ''Super Mario'' characters he provided voices for
Charles Martinet - SMB30th.jpg|Poster of Martinet, for the [[Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 30th Anniversary]]
Martinet 2016 Spain.jpg|Promotional photo of Martinet at Barcelona Games World 2016
Charles-martinet.jpg|Promotional photo of Martinet
</gallery>
 
===Events===
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Charles Martinet GalaxyCon 1.jpg|Martinet at a panel at GalaxyCon Columbus 2022
Charles Martinet GalaxyCon 2.jpg|Martinet signing autographs at GalaxyCon Columbus 2022
NintendoNY-RibbonCuttingCeremony.jpg|Martinet at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for [[Nintendo New York]]
</gallery>
 
===Miscellaneous===
<gallery widths="150px"heights="160px">
CharlesMartinet.jpg|Photo from Martinet's website
Twitter Charles Martinet.jpg|Martinet's Twitter profile picture, showing him with plushies of characters he voiced
Charles osaka.jpg|Martinet posing with staff at the Nintendo Osaka store
Charles osaka 2.jpg|Martinet posing with staff at the Nintendo Osaka store
Nintendo Announcement 2023-08-21.png|Announcement from Nintendo regarding Martinet stepping back from recording character voices for ''Super Mario'' games
NintendoAmerica 2023-09-07 - Martinet screenshot.png|Martinet in a video update from Nintendo explaining his new role at Nintendo as "Mario Ambassador"
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In ''Mario Party'', ''Super Smash Bros.'', ''Mario Golf'', ''Mario Party 2'', and the Japanese version of ''Mario Kart 64'', his surname is misspelled "Martinee", like how it is pronounced.
*In ''Mario Party'', ''Super Smash Bros.'', ''Mario Golf'', and ''Mario Party 2'', as well as the Japanese version of ''Mario Kart 64'',<ref>https://tcrf.net/Mario_Kart_64#Credits_Differences</ref> Martinet's surname is misspelled as "Martinee," similar to how it is pronounced.
*According to an interview in 2009, Charles Martinet told [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] that he wanted to voice [[Link]] in ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', though Miyamoto told him that Link would remain without a voice. In the final game, his grunts and yells were portrayed by Japanese voice actors.<ref>http://gonintendo.com/?p=104332</ref>
*Martinet also voiced boxers in 1994's ''{{wp|Super Punch-Out!!}}'' In addition to this, in the same year, he offered to voice [[Link]] before being turned down by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].<ref>Convention Coverage (February 10, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uZuJjJfrmQ Charles Martinet Got This Response When He Pitched The Idea Of Voicing Link In The Legend Of Zelda]. ''YouTube''.</ref>
*Charles Martinet's favorite ''Mario'' game is ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''.
*Charles Martinet's voice work for Donkey Kong was used in the film ''[[wikipedia:Mean Girls|Mean Girls]]''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoIdfRnQZ4A&feature=youtu.be&t=16s</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.charlesmartinet.com Official site]
*[http://charlesmartinet.com Official website]
*[http://www.charlesmartinet.com/voiceover.html Voice Over]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrjy6lpDHzk&NR=1 Martinet in Action]
*[http://youtu.be/yrjy6lpDHzk Martinet in action]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kv4HlKLjfg Martinet's Interview]
*[http://youtu.be/7Kv4HlKLjfg Martinet's interview]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martinet Wikipedia Page]
*[http://facebook.com/charles.martinet.12 Facebook profile]
*[http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-Martinet/519663615 Facebook Page]
*[http://instagram.com/charlesmartinetitsame Instagram profile]
*[http://instagram.com/charlesmartinetitsame Instagram Page]
*[https://threads.net/charlesmartinetitsame Threads profile]
*[https://vine.co/u/1114052811714400256 Charles Martinet's profile on Vine]
*[https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet X profile]
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"Charles" redirects here. For the historical writer in Mario's Time Machine, see Charles Dickens. For the historical scientist in Mario's Time Machine, see Charles-Gaspard de la Rive. For Luigi's voice actor in The Super Mario Bros. Movie whose full first name is Charles, see Charlie Day.
Charles Martinet
Charles Martinet portrait photo, used as recently as the The Super Mario Bros. Movie cast images
Portrait of Martinet, used for the announcement of his cameo appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Full name Charles Andre Martinet
Born September 17, 1955 (age 69)
Super Mario–related role(s) Voice actor for several characters in the franchise, including Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, etc. (1991–2023)
Voice actor for Mario and Luigi's father and Giuseppe in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Mario Ambassador (2023–present)
“Ah, that Charles Martinet. Nice Italian boy.”
Mario, Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Charles Martinet (last name pronounced mar-tin-AY, born September 17, 1955, in San Jose, California) is an American actor and voice actor best known for his voices in the Super Mario franchise. He voiced several characters in the franchise, including Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and some of the bosses in Super Mario Advance.[1] In addition to English, Martinet speaks fluent French and Spanish, as well as some Italian.[2]

At the time of his audition in 1990, Martinet had never heard of Mario or Nintendo.[3] Martinet originally was not invited to audition for the role of Mario; according to him, he crashed the auditions and was asked to do an Italian accent. His recordings left so much of an impression that they were the only ones sent to Nintendo.[4] As a former Shakespearean actor, Martinet has stated that Mario's voice was based on his voice for Gremio, a character from The Taming of the Shrew.[5] Some sources have alternatively, if erroneously, cited Petruchio (actually played by John Callahan) from the same play as the inspiration.[6]

Martinet was flown to SimGraphics in South Pasadena the next day[7] to be fitted for the Mario in Real Time system, wherein he had motion sensors attached to his face, which transposed his facial movements to a computer-generated Mario head on a screen. Martinet watched people passing by the screen through a hidden camera and talked to them as Mario; this was used rather often by Nintendo for promotional events.[8] He would not start voicing Mario in games until the 1994 CD release of Mario Teaches Typing (featuring an altered form of Mario in Real Time).

Martinet's voice for Mario would be solidified as standard by its usage in Super Mario 64. The non-Japanese version of Mario Kart 64 would be the first game to feature him as the voice actor for Luigi and Wario (with him having developed the former's voice when trying to minimize his mouth movements while speaking in Mario in Real Time),[9] and he went on to also voice Waluigi upon the character's introduction in Mario Tennis. Martinet has been recognized by Guinness World Records as providing the "most video game voiceover performances as the same character" (at least 100 as Mario, as of the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate).[10]

In 2021, when asked if he wanted to voice Mario in the The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Martinet stated, "[I]t sounds like a marvelous thing, it sounds like great fun and if they invite me to play, I'll go in and play with great joy and happiness,"[11] similar to his statements from 2003 of wanting an "animated movie" and that he "would love to do every voice for Nintendo [he] possibly could."[12] Martinet would ultimately not go on to voice Mario and Luigi in the movie (with the characters instead being voiced by Chris Pratt and Charlie Day, respectively, in English), but he provided the voices of their father and Giuseppe in several languages.

On August 21, 2023, Nintendo announced that Martinet had stepped down from voicing characters in the Super Mario franchise, and he would be taking on the role of Mario Ambassador,[13] which entails interacting with fans, signing autographs, and performing his Super Mario voices at events. The final Super Mario game released prior to this that features his voice was Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (although the 2023 Summer Tour in Mario Kart Tour, which began the day after the announcement of Martinet's retirement, introduced a variant of Mario with a new voice line by him), while the final game in the franchise in which he recorded new voice lines was WarioWare: Get It Together! He was succeeded by Kevin Afghani, who has voiced Mario and Luigi starting with Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Wario starting with WarioWare: Move It![14], and Waluigi starting with Super Mario Party Jamboree.[15] However, Martinet's voice clips are still used in some newer games and reissues of games that featured them originally,[16] as well as for Mario in Real Time at Nintendo New York,[17] LEGO Super Mario, and in attractions, costume meet-and-greets, and trailers for Super Nintendo World.[18]

Portrayals[edit]

Sampled voices[edit]

  • In Super Mario 64, part of Mario's line "Here we go!" is referenced and altered for the Bob-omb Buddies' "speaking" sound. Said samples are further modified for Monty Moles and Goombas in the Mario Party series.[39]
  • In Mario Kart 64, a pitched-down version of Wario's laugh is used for the Thwomps.
  • Charles Martinet provided the "Human, Laugh - Comical Laugh: Male" voice in The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library. A sped-up version of this laugh has been used for Boos (as early as Super Mario 64), Dry Bones (as early as Super Mario Galaxy), Six-Face Sal, and Chortlebot, while a slowed-down version was used for Bowser's laugh in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.[40]

Quotes[edit]

“I want to voice Mario until I drop dead … If someday I think I am no longer capable of doing it, I will tell Nintendo to look into finding someone else.”
Charles Martinet, Eurogamer[41]
“I think everybody in the world has so much impact. But you know we artists here at this great SacAnime, we get to talk experience with our fans' reaction to our work over 25 years, 30 years, 31 years for me, and it's a beautiful thing. I wish every electrician could hear 'thank you very much, that plug in the kitchen every day for 30 years, we had toast, my kids had toast in the morning!' Because it is true, we have so much impact on each other, and I think as a world, people are really good. You see so much news about how terrible things are, but human beings are truly truly good. That's what I wish for the world to understand, the beauty of humankind.”
Charles Martinet, Sacramento Special Report[42]
“For me, I would never get tired of doing Mario, because if I say 'it's-a me, Super Mario!' What happens is someone smiles, and that makes it like it's the very first time I ever did it.”
Charles Martinet, Sacramento Special Report[42]

Gallery[edit]

Promotional images[edit]

Events[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • In Mario Party, Super Smash Bros., Mario Golf, and Mario Party 2, as well as the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64,[43] Martinet's surname is misspelled as "Martinee," similar to how it is pronounced.
  • Martinet also voiced boxers in 1994's Super Punch-Out!! In addition to this, in the same year, he offered to voice Link before being turned down by Shigeru Miyamoto.[44]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Interview with the Voice of Mario" quote from GameSpy: "And I played Wart, Clawgrip, Triclyde, Mouser, and of course Mario, in Super Mario Advance."
  2. ^ Daniel K. (September 23, 2012). Intervista a Charles Martinet (voce di Super Mario Bros.). YouTube.
  3. ^ Nintendo UK (September 14, 2015). Nintendo UK Live #6 - Charles Martinet: Super Mario Maker launch day special (Wii U). YouTube.
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